How To Plant Paperwhites Indoors

They not only look better in a large group.

How to plant paperwhites indoors. When paperwhite bulb forcing use a well draining potting soil with a pH of 6 to 7 and any width pot. The pure white blooms of the paperwhite Narcissus papyraceus add an elegant touch to winter and spring indoor containers when grown in potting soil. Planting in groups of five or more bulbs will give you the best show.

The tight fit will help keep them from toppling over. Thanks to their elegant white blooms and sweet fragrance Paperwhites are probably the most popular narcissi to grow indoors. These plants look best when massed in clusters of slender stems so plant them in clusters of three to five bulbs.

Fill them with 2-3 inches of stones pebbles or glass marbles 6 Etsy then nestle in the bulbs pointy sides up and add water to just touch the bottom of the dried roots but not the bulb itself. To grow in stones fill a shallow watertight container with two inches of sterile pea gravel pebbles or marbles she advises. Allen Smith shows us a fast growing plant that blooms and blooms.

Position your paper white bulbs pointed end up on top of the stone layer. The easiest bulbs to get to flower indoors called forcing include amaryllis fragrant hyacinth grape hyacinth Muscari and members of the Narcissus tazetta group commonly called paperwhites Forcing isnt a cruel thing it just means getting them to grow roots shoots and flowering stems indoors. Fragrant Paperwhite Bulbs Are Quick And Easy To Grow Indoors And Outside.

Paperwhites dont actually need any soil to grow just a little water so you can use decorative shallow dishes or trays that are at least 4 inches deep. They bring color and fragrance into a room during a time of the year when most houseplants are slowing in growth. Place the bulbs on top of the pebbles with the pointy ends facing up so that the bottoms of the bulbs are just barely in contact with the water.

Stems grow tall and straight with flower heads appearing when they reach 12 18 inches. Planting forced paperwhite bulbs with the tips even or slightly below the pot rim and 1 to 2 inches 25-5 cm apart. How to Grow Paperwhites from Bulbs Indoors.